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Saturday, March 30, 2013

CM nominee to head Goa RTE advisory council

PANAJI: The Right to Education (RTE) rules require that the state
education minister head the state advisory council, the body that will
help in effective implementation of RTE provisions.
In Goa, chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is also the state education minister, is set to opt out of the task and hand over the reins to educationists.

The chief minister is set to nominate Louis Vernal as head of the advisory council.
The chief minister had in June announced that Vernal, the former
principal of Ponda's GVM college and dean of the faculty of education at
Goa University, would advice the government on the issue on medium of
instruction for primary education in Goa.
Once Goa notifies state
rules for the central government Right of Child to Free and Compulsory
Education Act, 2009, the state advisory council, teh 15 members of
which, have already been handpicked by the chief minister, will also be
notified.
Parrikar has already asked the members to work on
recommendations to improve the quality of primary education in Goa. The
report will be submitted for consideration of the government 15 days
after the state advisory council is notified.
RTE requires that a
15-member state advisory council be formed 'from amongst persons having
knowledge and practical experience in the field of elementary education
and child development'.
"The functions of the advisory council
shall be to advise the state government on implementation of the
provisions of the act in an effective manner," states the act.
The advisory council in Goa will compulsorily include four members from
the weaker sections -- SC, ST, OBC and minority communities.
Members of the advisory council will hold office for a term of two years.